#after this it was all downhill for blackwings

[animegirl1363]

It's so funny when people bring up Blackwings popularity when discussing Crow when Black Rose Dragon was also popular at the same time.

Are we done pretending the animation team can see the future?

Fun Fact: Black Rose Dragon and Gale the Whirlwind got put to limited on the same September 2009 banlist.

[roseicicles]

Looks at Aki. I have no idea how they do it. They can keep the KING JACK ATLAS at KING level but they still cant keep a competent female through arc-V. They either die, are humor only, or fade into obscurity sadly

Yugioh doesn't, and never has known how to write badass female characters. They either start out strong, or can be good, but all end up just being either non existent, or as you said, fade into obscurity.

Like lets go series by series.

OG Yugioh: Mai? Mai? The girl who basically lost most of her duels, was pretty much used as canon fodder. As in just to showcase Ra, and give reason for Joey's epic duel vs Marik. To then join up with the whole Dartz thing, only to then STILL feel like a poor duelist. Sure, she and Joey had an epic duel, but then after that....Meh. Then after that season she was g o n e.

GX: Alexis could've been a great character. She had links to the shadows through her missing brother, she was best friends with the school's top duelist. But after her good start, she gets captured lol. Sure, she does get her payback, but I swear, after that it's mostly downhill for her development. While everyone around her goes down a major path of development and character.

Another point going to Blair, cause what could've been for her. When you consider her Tag Force 3 deck. Imagine if she had Lightsworns in the show. She'd be a unit, but nah, she just became a cheerleader sadly, and a damsel during the Yubel later stages.

5DS: Honestly, the Blackwings are at fault here LOL. Akiza had such a grand opening, and then the second half/rest dropped the ball SUPER hard. Hell, you could argue all the females here had great starts, only for it to go downhill, or just nothing. Carly, Misty, Luna even((Mina doesn't count as she's just more a proper side character)). Of course later we had Sherry, whom we should've had a epic Sherry vs Aki duel one on one. But what did we get? Shery vs Aki AND Crow. Like least Jack having Leo and Luna made sense, as it was to set up Life Stream's birth from Power Tool, but jfc.

Zexal: Rio huh. Honestly like I said, she has a good opener, but then later just becomes basically worth nothing. Even when the big reveal happens. She's not threatening, or important. We also have Anna who had fucking trains, yet was barely used.

Arc-V: OK. Now here is where I first talked about it. Cause honestly, THESE FOUR GALS DESERVE BETTER. Yuzu has a good growth period, but after basically Serena takes her spot, Yuzu basically becomes NOTHING. While Serena kicks ass like a true badass, and becomes a great character. Her duel with Yugo is honestly one of my favorites. It helped her realize that maybe dueling can be fun. But what do we get after that? Oh, she's taken away in the most bullshit plot armor way, and mind controlled lmao. Rin and Ruri? We get told they're great through flashbacks, do we get to see it? Nop, they're controlled. Then the end, only Yuzu gets to be free basically. What a mess.

Vrains: How many times do you want to fuck Blue Angel/Aoi did you say? Like, what important duel did she win? Every important duel, she loses. She came off as a really good character, and everything good and cool they threw at her, they then decide to make her LOSE. I'm not saying she has to win to become relevant and good, but it just felt like she became a punching bag, and only Playmaker and later Soulburner COULD save the day.

Sevens: Sevens is more of kid Yugioh honestly, so I can't really expect too much from it, as comparing it to other series, yeah. Sevens isn't bad, just...Alright. Though I will say, it had some pretty good female characters. But like the dudes in this show, pretty average gdigsdidg. Will say though, Romin surprisingly had a positive dueling record. With 11 duels. One not shown, three loses, and SEVEN WINS. There are some notable characters too, like Luke's sister, and the construction crew girl. But in terms of what my post is mainly following, can't put that there.

Go Rush: Same can be said here tbh. Might be some 'nice' characters, but none fitting the mold.

I'm not making all this to say, 'oh the female characters are complete shit' when they're not. I love em for a reason, I just get so sad when their writing goes to sour shit, as if they get the rug pulled from under them, while the dudes continue forward, and get the lime light.

It's why if Yugioh ever goes serious again, I'd love a female lead. A female lead that would kick ass, and not go down a more forgetful or poor writing path like these have before.

[soaringonblackwings]

I'm curious, could you go more into detail with this?: https://www.tumblr.com/soaringonblackwings/723510641596432384/crow-never-deserved-the-nonsense-he-got-i-wish-he?source=share

For the most part, I've mostly just see Crow get ignored or sidelined by the fandom, but I've only been in the fandom for a few years.

So let me preface this by saying that if y’all haven’t seen the stuff I am going to mention that is great. Good for you, I wish I was y’all. This is all from a single person’s experience and is in no way indicative of the fandom as a whole. Lastly, I apologize if my reply becomes incoherent at some point. Now on to the reply.

Where to start. Let’s go all the way back in time to when the fandom was thriving. Where the issues began, the lies/rumors. I am not going to go into too much detail but bottom line is that due to the bad writing, people made up headcanons about the show’s production and for some reason everyone unanimously agreed that they were all true with no proof. This was the catalyst to the nonsense that makes me wish Crow was never associated with this fandom.

Due to the rumors fans mostly treated him as the sole reason that the show went downhill in terms of writing. Saying that he was never originally a planned part of the show (again with no proof). His bad writing being used as proof that the rumors about him are true. Somehow every character past the Dark Signer arc is treated with understanding when it comes to their bad writing, but Crow was never given the same kind of grace. Even nowadays when people talk about Crow you can tell the rumors permeates what they think about him.

Crow fans getting hate (thankfully this doesn’t happen anymore).

When Darkwing Blast card pack was announced, one of the discourses around the pack was that Crow was stealing Akiza’s spotlight again. As she hadn’t gotten support in a long time. Meanwhile, these same folks vanished when Leo and Jack’s support got announced too. Something similar happened years ago too, when after Akiza got support and Konami hinted at winged-beast support (not Blackwings) shortly after, the Crow vitriol came back in full force. Claiming that Crow is taking attention from her again.

Obviously, this doesn't happen much anymore. But the vibes can still be seen in bits-and-pieces. Folks are more normal about him now.

I am not sure how to end this. But yeah, this is the elaboration of that post. People can believe me or call me a big fat liar. Feel free to add-on if you want. Whatever makes you happy.

I am glad Crow gets ignored by fans nowadays. He deserves some peace after all the shenanigans.